be long (in) doing something
1shy away from doing something — shy away from (something/doing something) to avoid something. I tend to shy away from big guitar solos on records. At first, some companies shied away from selling merchandise on the Internet, but not for long …
2join someone in (doing) something — phrase to do or say something with other people They joined us in complaining about the service we received in the restaurant. I’m sure everyone joins me in wishing Caroline and David a long and happy marriage. Thesaurus: to do something with… …
3go a long way towards doing something — phrase if something goes a long way towards doing something, it helps someone to achieve something The money raised will go a long way towards paying for Freddie’s medical treatment. Thesaurus: to be advantageous and yield benefitssynonym… …
4go a long way towards doing something — if something goes a long way towards doing something, it helps someone to achieve something The money raised will go a long way towards paying for Freddie s medical treatment …
5be a past master at doing something — phrase to be very good at something because you have been doing it for a long time They are past masters at dealing with political scandals. Thesaurus: to be good at doing somethingsynonym Main entry: master …
6be sick and tired of doing something — be sick and tired of (something/doing something) informal, informal to be angry and bored because something unpleasant has been happening for too long. You ve been giving me the same old excuses for months and I m sick and tired of hearing them!… …
7have the devil's own job doing something — have the devil s own job (doing something/to do something) old fashioned to spend a long time trying to do something difficult. I had the devil s own job to find a parking space near here …
8be a past master at doing something — to be very good at something because you have been doing it for a long time They are past masters at dealing with political scandals …
9(be) given to something doing something — be given to sth/to doing sth idiom (formal) to do sth often or regularly • She s much given to outbursts of temper. • He s given to going for long walks on his own. Main entry: ↑given …
10go a some way towards doing something — go a long/some way towards doing sth idiom to help very much/a little in achieving sth • The new law goes a long way towards solving the problem. Main entry: ↑wayidiom …
